Combined tube and toothbrush holder



.Fuly 8, 1947. w. D. rwlNsLow COMBINED rUBE AND TOOTH BRUSH HOLDER Filed April '7, 1945 Patented July 8, 1947 COMBINED TUBE AND TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER William D. Winslow, Vineland, N. Si.

Application April 7, 1945, Serial No. 587,139

4 Claims. 1

One object of the present invention is to provide for conserving and using the caps of tooth paste or like tubes and providing for detaching and attaching the necks of the tubes in such a way that a tube may be attached and detached to the cap for the ordinary use of the tube while the cap is retained in connection with the usual bracket.

Anot'her object of the present invention is to provide for attaching and detaching the tube in respect to the bracket, while at the same time permitting of the attachment and detachment of the cap in respect to the support or bracket.

Another object is to attach and detach the cap of the tube in respect to a bracket or support.

Another object is to provide for removing a partially iilled tube from its cap and for thereafter removing t'h'e partially lled tube in association with a bracket for subsequent use.

Other objects of the invention will appear lfrom the following description at the end of which the invention will be claimed.

Generally stated, the invention comprises provisions for removing and replacing the cap of the tooth paste tube in respect to the bracket or support.

The invention also comprises the improvements to be presently described and nally claimed.

In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof and in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a top or plan View; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, I indicates a panel provided with a bracket 2 shown as Iprovided with openings 5 for the accommodation of tooth brushes c. 3 is a claw or jaw and it depends from the bracket and is afforded a short oscillating movement by means of a, pivotal connection 4. The jaws Spare convex and they accommodate the cap a of the tube b. The jaws are movably mounted and connected with the ends of a spiral spring 6, tending to open them. The screw 8 serves to close the jaws and it is provided with a knurled nut 1.

The ange on the cap a is normally held by the jaws andk is secured to the neck of ther tube which can be readily unscrewed and attached for the insertion oi paste. However, when the jaws are released, the cap, with or without th'e tube, may be readily detached.

I claim:

1. A holder for collapsible tubes comprising a shelf-like bracket member adapted for secure' ment to a supporting wall or the like, a pair of depending jaws pivotally supported at the outer extremity of said bracket member, spring means interposed between said jaws tending normally to separate the same, and means operatively associated with the shanks of said jaws for closing the same against the action of said spring means, the free extremities of said jaws being interiorly convexed to grip diametrically opposite sides of the conventional sealing cap of a tube to securely support the same when the jaws are closed.

2. A holder for collapsible tubes comprising a shelf-like bracket member adapted for securement to a supporting wall or the like, a pair of depending clamping elements pivotally supported at the outer extremity of said bracket member and adapted to clamp therebetween the removable cap normally associated with a collapsible tube, the free extremities of said clamping elements being in the form of opposed jaws adapted to engage diametrically opposite sides of the cap to grip and secure the same against rotation relatively to said bracket, and means for locking said jaws in gripping relation with respect to said cap whereby its associated tube may be supported by the cap when in threaded engagement therewith and removed therefrom upon rotation of the tube relatively to its supporting cap.

3. In a holder for collapsible tubes as dened in claim 2 wherein the upper ends of said clamping elements are commonly supported for pivotal action relatively to said bracket by a pin extending transversely of the bracket and en- Y larged alined openings formed in the shank ends WILLIAM D. WINSLOW.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,247,600 Priddy Nov. 20, 1917 1,452,761 Roberts Apr. 24, 1923 '1,915,671 Hyer June 27, 1933 2,019,789 Mahannah Nov. 5, 1935 

